Art & Cocktails

Join host Ekaterina Popova and Russian-born, NYC-based artist Raisa Nosova on an empowering episode about the artist's motherhood journey, transitioning to an entirely new medium and sharing her truth in a bold and beautiful way. Raisa recently received her MFA from NYU while becoming a new mom. This episode will inspire you to expand, share your truth and try something new in the studio. Raisa's glass and breastmilk work has recently been on view at 80wse Gallery in New York.

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On this episode, guest host Alicia Puig shares top ways you can invest in your art career. Listen to this episode if you recently hit a slump or are simply looking for exciting and even free ways to give your art a boost!

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On this guest-hosted episode, Alicia interviews LA-based artist Betsy Enzensberger. Betsy sculpts works that create a visceral longing and remembrance of the most nostalgic delights from childhood. The artist uses the familiarity of those sweet treats to help us remember the simplicity, value and culture of desserts so often associated with positivity and joy.

Perhaps you’re already familiar with her whimsical sculptures of dripping, melting popsicles and other sweets, but if not, in this episode you’ll hear all about her childhood growing up in New York and her early memories about experiencing art there, making the transition from a painter to a resin sculptor, and her parallel career working in galleries.

We talk about:

• Why she initially chose to work in a gallery, what she’s learned from over a decade of doing it, and how this experience has helped her build confidence as an artist!
• Her best advice on professionalism for emerging artists & how to put your best foot forward when submitting to galleries.
• How she developed her signature style and artistic voice.
• Top tips on social media, how to find the right gallery for your work, and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with galleries.

On this episode, Kat shares her #1 tip for starting new creative projects, art series or anything else you keep thinking about but are stuck on.

If you have been daydreaming about an idea but have not yet pulled the trigger on it, this one is for you!

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Have you ever felt disappointed in the course of your art career and even doubted your journey? On this episode, Michael Kalmbach shares his story of overcoming addiction, navigating his own art career and using parts of his story and life experiences to serve the community.

Michael is a contemporary artist and the director of The Creative Vision Factory.

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Michael Kalmbach received his MFA at the University of Delaware in 2008. Shortly after graduation he accepted a position at the Delaware College of Art & Design, and founded the New Wilmington Art Association, an organization that organized exhibitions of contemporary art in Wilmington’s vacant retail spaces from August 2008 to April 2013. This work led to Michael’s involvement with the Chris White Community Development Corporation, which developed the 23-unit artist live/work space, Shipley Lofts. Kalmbach served the CWCDC as Board Chairman from 2013-2016. In June 2011 he accepted a contract with the State’s Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to develop and direct an art program in downtown Wilmington. The Creative Vision Factory has been open since December of 2011, and fosters the creative potential of individuals on the behavioral health spectrum in a studio art environment that cultivates integration with the community through a program of exhibitions, workshops, and communal work space.

The Creative Vision Factory opened its doors in December of 2011. Funded by the State of Delaware’s Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, it is one of several peer-run programs incubated by the sweeping reform of Delaware’s greater mental health system. The Creative Vision Factory is on a path to 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. As a peer-run nonprofit agency, the Factory will be uniquely situated to serve the community, in the heart of an arts and cultural district, that sees the behavioral health population as a genuine partner in the development of a more creative and just City of Wilmington.